In a bid to woo Pacific Island states to its side, the US committed USD 810 million in financial aid to the region. This includes the 10-year USD 600 million it had already pledged, which...
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Major Global Tuna Highlights September 2022
It was an eventful September with skipjack prices in trading hubs soaring and tuna company Bumble Bee accused of human rights issues in its supply chain. See below for the major news stories...
European Canners Raise Loins H1 Trade To EUR 547 Million
Demand for frozen pre-cooked loins is only expanding in the EU, as the canners purchased five percent more than they did in the first half of this year compared to 2021. The volume imported...
#Goodforwho? Greenpeace Vs Bumble Bee
Greenpeace activists displayed a banner reading #GoodForWho during a football game at a stadium next to Bumble Bee's headquarters in San Diego. The organization says, “They call on Bumble Bee...
John West Recalls One “Tuna Pot” Due To Mislabeling
John West UK is recalling a batch of On The Go Indian Tuna Rice salad because of mislabeling. The ingredients soy and wheat (gluten) are not listed on the product's label. The salad has been...
Ghost Tuna Plant: Where Did The Millions Go?
Four walls are the only things showing for the efforts of a tuna project started seven years ago in Annobón, an island of Equatorial Guinea. Millions of euros have been invested in the plant...
WCPFC Annual Meeting To Be Held Next Month
The upcoming annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting will be held in-person after nearly three years of virtual gatherings. The meeting will take place between...
Thai Canners Experiencing Plunging US Orders
In the first half of this year, US canned tuna imports slowed to the lowest level in five years. Nearly all suppliers lost some of their business in this market but Thai processors were the...
EU & Madagascar To Sign New Fishing Agreement Soon
The EU and Madagascar are days away from signing a new fishing agreement. It took seven rounds of negotiations to reach an amicable conclusion given that the Madagascans wanted the Europeans...
Maldivian Pole-And-Liner Records 57 Ton Catch In One Day
Maldivian pole-and-liner 'TS Line' has set a record for the amount of tuna caught in one day. It captured 57 M/T tuna around Kooddoo island. Now that the monsoon season is over, tuna catching...
South Korean Business Converts Used Seiner Nets To High-Quality Fishing Gear
South Korean business, Sustainable Technology of Net (STN) has developed a technology that can reuse decommissioned or discarded tuna fishing nets for high-quality fishing gear. The company...
ANABAC Wants MSC Logo For IO Skipjack Catches
Spanish fishing companies Pevasa and Atunsa belonging to ANABAC are aiming to achieve the MSC sustainable certification for their skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean (IO). The assessment body...
Colombian Film On Albacore Tuna Fishing & Other Tuna Trends
La Pesca del Atún Blanco (Catching the White Tuna) is the debut feature of Maritza Blanco. The film is a tribute to Afro-Colombian women and their unbreakable spirits. A young woman from a...
Manta’s Skipjack Price Steady At High Levels As Veda Nears End
The first EPO fishing closure, which forces around half the purse seiners to stay at port for at least 72 days, is nearing its end next week. The inevitably lower raw material supply that the...
Innovative Marketing Will Help Tuna Paradise Feed The Poor
A Thai tuna factory selling tuna steaks in retail boxes wants to work alongside its customers to feed the poor. The company, Tuna Paradise, sells ten-pound boxes (4.5 kg) of tuna to...
Sharp Decline In Transshipment Volumes Through PNG Ports
Whole round frozen tuna transshipped in PNA ports in August declined, which is not unusual for this month given that historically there is a fall in tonnages, mainly because a FAD ban is...
Horizon Limits Buying From Pole & Liners Amidst Great Catches
In the past few weeks, Maldivian pole-and-line vessels have caught a record amount of skipjack and juvenile yellowfin. The Maandhoo Fisheries Complex, owned by Horizon Fisheries, has...
Calvo Ahead Of Its 5-year Sustainability Plan
Spanish tuna processor Calvo says that it is three years ahead of its 2025 sustainability strategy, 'Responsible Commitment'. It is expected that by then all goals of the plan will be...
Insurers Pledge New Tool To Track IUU Fishing Vessels
Recently, 18 insurers have pledged to implement a new tool to track illegal fishing vessels. The device allows them to monitor vessel movements in real-time and get information regarding the...
Frinsa Cedes Second Position As 2021 Sales Declined
In 2021, Frinsa was not able to maintain its second place as a Galician cannery (ahead of Calvo). Its 2021 annual revenue dropped seven percent, but profits rose by three percent. The Spanish...